The point is still valid to the industry as it is a potential threat, but they’ll be plenty of people working to solve it. Where people are paying money and there’s demand, the industry will work to solve it.

Broadband video certainly has caused problems for ISPs and websites. The BBC for example has on a number of occasions not been able to handle the demand for its streaming services.

I’ve also experienced ‘brown outs’ from time to time with my own ISP. Its not that uncommon, but for me it has become a lot rarer.

Were you not around in the late 90’s when everyone was putting fiber in the ground? There is a huge excess of dark fiber out there that could handle many YouTubes if they were just activated.

Infrastructure will be continually updated to handle more bits more efficiently than it does now. Compression and caching will get more advanced. The industry will innovate.

This piece from the Times Online seems to be a late evening scribble from a writer looking for a pay check so his flat doesn’t brown out from not paying his electric bill.

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